I would guess that 75% of my QSOs end with the "shave and a haircut" thing. I often send it and I often have it sent to me. But probably 95% of my QSOs end with the dit dit. Even DX stations.

Does anyone know what the story is on the guy that sends like a little tune in CW on 40 meters ? I have always been doing something over on the workbench when I heard it and didn't give it my full attention. Then afterwards I regret not having payed better attention. I last heard it a week or so ago and I can't even remember the tune. I had the impression that he was ending a QSO. He sends what sounds like a little tune and repeats it several times. I have heard it more than once, I don't remember where but some where around 7.040 (I think slightly lower than that). I am thinking it is some kind of net, or club.It's kind of cool. I think it is in the afternoon maybe around 3:00 EST (around that time of afternoon).

KenAB8KTToronto, Ohio

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I thought you said this was a weak signal mode ? I HAVE a weak signal and he still didn't hear me.

I know the guy that you are talking about. He sends machine perfect code with a straight key. Can't remember his call though. He's sending something like "BENS BEST BENT WIRE" but there's more to it than that. He told me once that it was a practice thing. I've heard him use it many times when the bands are dead and no one is answering. He'll include the whole ditty in his CQ call. One of the best fists I've ever copied...

Yep, I've heard him on the air frequently in the evenings on 40 here in Oakland CA. Always a nice signal and a wonderful fist. And when I first heard his musical number it really tickled me. Now I know just what it is. "Bens best bent wire" is much more interesting than "CQ" and probably will get you more replies.

Can't appreciate that. May be kind of music but interpreted as Morse code it is really bad.

UU22UU or whatever is one large bunch of dots and dashes without a letter space, so multi interpretable.There are no word spaces in the text only letter spaces, and _wire_ is not sent because there is no letter space between w and i and hence it is possibly wi but also possible ez or ad or pe

So making music is one thing but doing that kind of entertainment by mutilating Morse code is another thing, that makes such a kind of fist very hard and tiring to copy.

Can't appreciate that. May be kind of music but interpreted as Morse code it is really bad.

UU22UU or whatever is one large bunch of dots and dashes without a letter space, so multi interpretable.There are no word spaces in the text only letter spaces, and _wire_ is not sent because there is no letter space between w and i and hence it is possibly wi but also possible ez or ad or pe

So making music is one thing but doing that kind of entertainment by mutilating Morse code is another thing, that makes such a kind of fist very hard and tiring to copy.

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